The domestic partner of a soldier stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, was sentenced in federal court Wednesday

The domestic partner of a soldier stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for strangling and assaulting her in their home. 33-year-old Kevin Levon Bonner was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to five years and 11 months in federal prison without parole. On June 21st, Bonner pleaded guilty to one count of assault of an intimate partner or spouse by strangulation or suffocation, and one count of domestic violence. Bonner admitted that he choked the victim, a sergeant in the U.S. Army and an intimate partner with whom he shared a residence in Fort Leonard Wood, to the point of unconsciousness sometime in the first week of July 2020. On July 13, 2020, Bonner and his domestic partner were in their bedroom when Bonner held her against the wall and punched her in the face multiple times. Although her face was severely damaged and she was in significant pain, she reported for work that day. Her command staff ordered her to go to the emergency room. Medical staff observed bilateral blowout fractures to both her orbital sockets and severe trauma in both eyes, as well as older injuries, such as bruises and scratch marks, and the Army Criminal Investigation Division was notified. According to court documents, Bonner is a habitual domestic violence abuser.